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1 Samuel 10:20-25
New International Version
1 Samuel 10:20-25
New International Version
20 When Samuel had all Israel come forward by tribes, the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot. 21 Then he brought forward the tribe of Benjamin, clan by clan, and Matri’s clan was taken.(A) Finally Saul son of Kish was taken. But when they looked for him, he was not to be found. 22 So they inquired(B) further of the Lord, “Has the man come here yet?”
And the Lord said, “Yes, he has hidden himself among the supplies.”
23 They ran and brought him out, and as he stood among the people he was a head taller(C) than any of the others. 24 Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the man the Lord has chosen?(D) There is no one like(E) him among all the people.”
Then the people shouted, “Long live(F) the king!”
25 Samuel explained(G) to the people the rights and duties(H) of kingship.(I) He wrote them down on a scroll and deposited it before the Lord. Then Samuel dismissed the people to go to their own homes.
1 Samuel 10:20-25
King James Version
1 Samuel 10:20-25
King James Version
20 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
21 When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.
22 Therefore they enquired of the Lord further, if the man should yet come thither. And the Lord answered, Behold he hath hid himself among the stuff.
23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
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